Bee
From IFWiki
| Bee | |
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| Main links | |
| Published | 3 June 2012 |
| Credits | |
| Author | Emily Short |
| Publisher | Varytale |
| Reception | |
| Events | |
| IFDB rating | 4.5 out of 5 (101 ratings) |
| Gameplay | |
| Interaction style |  Choice |
| Literary genres |  Religious  Slice of life |
| Location |  Home |
| Language | English |
| Cruelty scale | Merciful |
| IFDB play time | 57 minutes |
| Accessibility | Colour: none. Graphics: none. Sound: none. |
| Technical details | |
| Authoring system | Varytale |
| System | Browser |
| License | Freeware |
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How it begins
You're a homeschooled child who is heavily focused on competing in spelling bees. The game tells you that, despite working very hard indeed, it's almost certain that you will not win Nationals.
Notable features
- Rather than the branching-tree structure typical of CYOA, major player options ('storylets') are context-dependent. (This is the standard approach for Varytale and StoryNexus games.)
- The game cycles through the course of several years, with many events dependent on the time of year.
Versions
Current Dendry port
Date: 2022
- Bee (Emily Short; 2022; Dendry)
- Play online.
- Note: Updated by the author from the original Dendry port.
Original Dendry port
Date: 2015 (uncertain)
- Bee (porter: Ian Millington; 2015?; Dendry).
- Note: This port is buggy and incomplete.
- Play online. (dead link 🔍)
- Source at Github.
Original Varytale version
Date: 3 June 2012
- Bee (Emily Short; 03-Jun-2012; Varytale).
- Note: This version is no longer available.
- Play online. (dead link 🔍)
Links
N.B. Many IF Archive games are temporarily unavailable in the UK.
General info
- Bee - at IFDB
- Bee - at ifwizz interactive fiction (in German).
Reviews
- Parsing Interaction in Emily Short's Bee at Games That Exist.
- Bee at Scatmania.
Date: 2022
Date: 2015 (uncertain)
Date: 3 June 2012